Features of BitComet 1.01:

- Clean and free, without any adware or spyware. ( Please note: Spybot may misreport "Comet Cursor" )
- Completely new core written in C++, stable and fast, very low CPU usage.
- Multiple simultaneous downloads, ability to select download files in one torrent and set file priority.
- Ability to limit the upload speed as well as download speed.
- Intelligent Connection Optimize, Auto Optimization for different connections, runs well using all default settings.
- Intelligent Rate Control, optimize the upload distribution in order to get the max download rate.
- Intelligent Disk Cache, decrease the potential damage to the hard disk when high-speed downloading (>500KB/s) by decrease the read / write frequency, extra memory usage is the cost.
- Intelligent Disk Allocating, no long-time disk allocation, also decrease the disk fragment to almost zero.
- Intelligent Hash Scan, no time-consuming scanning when seeding / resume.
- Firewall and NAT Traversal, users behind differect NAT can now connect to each other (new in v0.55)
- Compatiable with Windows XP SP2 TCP/IP restriction (new in v0.55)
- Ability to block IP temporarily or permanently, compatiable with eMule ipfilter.dat.
- Ability to chat with other downloaders ( disabled by default )
- Using only one TCP listening port.
- Auto config ICF (Internet Connection Firewall) and ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) in Windows XP
- Auto config port mapping in router (UPnP support is required in router, Windows XP is required).
- Support Multi-tracker, and utf-8 extension, UDP tracker Protocol v2.
- Auto Update Checker.
- Muti-Language supported, support 20 language now
- No need to install, but install/uninstall packages are provided.
- [Please Note]: It is reported that Zone Alarm 5.0 conflict with BitComet (and other p2p maybe).

Changes from BitComet 0.99 to BitComet 1.01 :

- GUI Improved: move "add torrent to my sharing" check box in BT task properties dialog to Advanced page
- GUI Improved: new command in Tools menu: check software update
- GUI Improved: new command in context menu of Peer list: Remove peer
- GUI Improved: new command in context menu of Tracker list: Remove tracker
- GUI Bugfix: puase and resume preview video file will lead to exit full-screen mode
- GUI Bugfix: Refresh button in toolbar of BitComet resource browser does not work
- Core Improved: update TCP half open limit modification for Windows Vista
- Core Bugfix: Long-Time Seeding does not stop when Scheduler pause all download
- Core Bugfix: BitComet resource browser cannot download video files embedded in webpage after install IE7